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Paula Cole

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Paula Dorothy Cole (born April 5, 1968) is an American singer and songwriter. After gaining attention for her performances as a vocalist on Peter Gabriel's 1993–1994 Secret World Tour, she released her first album, Harbinger, which suffered from a lack of promotion when the label, Imago Records, folded shortly after its release. Her second album, This Fire (1996), brought her worldwide acclaim, peaking at number 20 on the Billboard 200 album chart and producing two hit singles, the triple-Grammy nominated "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?", which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and "I Don't Want to Wait", which was used as the theme song of the television show Dawson's Creek. Cole was a featured performer in the 1996 prototype mini-tour for Lilith Fair, and also was a headliner for Lilith Fair in 1997 and 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Paula Cole is the 3,190th most popular singer (down from 2,266th in 2024), the 16,007th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,173rd in 2019) and the 859th most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Paula Cole ranks 3,190 out of 4,381. Before her are Aliona Moon, Haruko Momoi, Diego Torres, Dhurata Dora, Ingeborg, and Jun Hyo-seong. After her are Mimicat, Christopher, Tito Sotto, Reshma, JoJo, and Cupcakke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Paula Cole ranks 800. Before her are Ben Shenkman, Paulo Sérgio, Mike Dean, Nicoleta Alexandru, Gesiel José de Lima, and Donald Johnson. After her are Jordi Calafat, Davis Kamoga, Amir Hetsroni, Omi Minami, Gerald Glatzmayer, and Susana Harp.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paula Cole ranks 16,014 out of 20,380. Before her are Joshua Gomez (1975), Donald Johnson (1968), Ralph Edwards (1913), Tyron Woodley (1982), Davis Phinney (1959), and John Hensley (1977). After her are Chris Ferguson (1963), Greg Vaughan (1973), Shane Larkin (1992), Jonathan Majors (1989), Richard Bryan (1937), and Bijou Phillips (1980).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Paula Cole ranks 859. Before her are Joni James (1930), Freda Payne (1942), Scott Stapp (1973), Keri Hilson (1982), Nicole Jung (1991), and Jesse Hughes (1972). After her are JoJo (1990), Cupcakke (1997), Emilie Autumn (1979), T-Pain (1985), Wynonna Judd (1964), and 6lack (1992).

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